Wade H. Haislip

Wade Hampton Haislip (9 July 1889-23 December 1971) was a General of the US Army who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army from 1949 to 1951, succeeding J. Lawton Collins and preceding John E. Hull.

Biography
Wade Hampton Haislip was born on 9 July 1889 in Woodstock, Virginia, United States, and he graduated from West Point in 1912. Haislip served in the US Army during the Mexican Revolution and World War I, and he taught at West Point as an instructor from 1921 to 1923. Prior to World War II, he served in several staff positions, and he became the commander of the US 85th Infantry Division in 1942. Upon being promoted to Major-General, he was given command of the US XV Corps, which fought its way from Normandy in northern France into Germany; he briefly commanded the US 7th Army. In 1951, he retired from active duty, and he died at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1971 at the age of 82.